Twisted Twisters, or: Breaking Wind
Some say the best advice when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. My advice is just as simple: At the beginning of March, dig a big […]
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Breaking Winds With Twisted Twisters
This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Here are some useful safety tips from actual experts: https://www.in.gov/dhs/get-prepared/nature-safety/severe-weather-preparedness/ Some say the best advice you can give when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your […]
Stop the Snow
I hate winter. Well, only if I have to go out in it, or pay for heating the house, or if it’s winter. Otherwise I don’t mind. Anyway, parody songs are only good if you’re […]
A Dark and Seriously Stormy Night
I complain about winter weather a lot, so maybe it’s time to complain about something else: Spring weather. Yes, spring arrived, kind of, like the proverbial lion. The last […]
Let’s Go Over That Driving Thing Again
I contend that DWS (Driving While Stupid) should be a death penalty offense. Of course, DWS isn’t illegal to begin with, but we have to start somewhere. Look, I’ve done foolish things while driving. I […]
Twister Tales Make Scary Stories
The Governor of Indiana proclaimed March 13-19 to be Tornado Preparedness Week. He used to call it Tornado Awareness Week, but a conspiracy theory emerged that without awareness we might not have noticed tornadoes in […]
Snow Spoiled
Okay, so, we survived the Snowstorm of ’22. That just isn’t as catchy as the Blizzard of ’78, but it never quite got to blizzard status–it was just a regular snowstorm. At least, it was […]
Tornado Season–Twisted Twisters, or: Breaking Winds
Some say the best advice you can give people when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. I prefer to be a little more optimistic. Still, my […]
Nope. Still don’t wanna build a snowman.
I wrote this back in February of last year, and for some reason I started thinking of it again this weekend. Really, it works best if you have the music playing in the background while […]
How I Ruined Winter … For Almost Everyone
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I love January! Said no one, ever. Okay, some people actually do love winter, which just goes to show you: Northern Indiana needs better mental health screening. I used […]